People have discussed various deities for centuries, and most of those don't seem to mind whether they exist or not. Also, many concepts have wildly varying wa

People have discussed various deities for centuries, and most of those don't seem to mind whether they exist or not. Also, many concepts have wildly varying ways of "existing". As a random example, a Mandelbrot fractal exists as a simple algorithm, but also as a concept related to (possibly beautiful) images. Which of these two is the proper or fundamental perspective to "understand" fractals better? Would studying the images be helpful to derive the algorithm if you lost its description? It's probably more helpful to study something else entirely to understand fractals better. And fractals are probably child's play compared to consciousness.